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« on: November 19, 2007, 04:41:46 PM »

Harry Potter is blasphemous.

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« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2007, 05:20:05 PM »

No, it's not.
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« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2007, 06:43:21 PM »

Can you tell why?  What makes it blasphemous? 
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« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2007, 11:56:27 PM »

Witchcraft is heresy!
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« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2007, 06:19:40 AM »

First, I've had many Wiccan friends over the years. Despite popular belief, there isn't anything in Harry Potter that even resembles Wicca. Second, by your reasoning, any book that isn't written by a Christian, and contains entirely Christian characters would have to be banned.  Which eliminates probably 90% or more of the world's best literature; only a very small minority of the books I've read had Christianity play any part in it.
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« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2007, 09:31:10 AM »

Here's an article I found the other day, which was on this subject.  I found it very helpful Smiley 

http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5286

I've always (until I read this article) been weary of Harry Potter.  But I think the concerns that the author (Greg Koukl) of the article above addresses are valid.  I may even have to borrow them from the library and check them out myself. 

Anxiety...did you see/like the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy?  Do you feel the same about it?  Some Christians seem to prefer that series because Tolkien was a Christian and friends with C.S. Lewis, even though many of the themes are similar.  I like the point that Koukl made about this topic. 

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« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2007, 11:06:54 AM »

Also, by strict definition, witchcraft cannot be heresy because it is a practice that pertains to another religion entirely. By definition heresy would have to be a practice that goes against doctrine, but done by someone inside the church. For example if for some reason Bruce decided to preach that Jesus was actually a lizard man from Neptune, it would be Heresy. Smiley

Great article, Michelle. Very honest and straightforward. I think my favorite part is this, though:
Those Christians who have given some thought and Scriptural attention to this who think that Harry Potter is not a problem, should operate within that conviction, but should not look down upon others who don't share their view. They shouldn't flaunt their view or speak derisively of those who differ, who do so in good conscience. Those who have done the same reflection but feel differently and think Potter is a problem, should follow their consciences too, but they should not judge those who see this as an area of liberty.

I think this is an excellent point and can apply to this website very well.
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« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2007, 03:05:35 PM »

That was one of my favorite parts too Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2007, 01:12:41 AM »

Dripping in sarcasm  Cry
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« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2007, 01:33:17 AM »

I don't think she was being sarcastic, I think she was being honest.

I was referring to myself, sorry.
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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2007, 10:03:36 AM »

Anxiety, it seems, at least in this discussion, you don't feel like discussing your stance.  You've made blanket statements but have not actually discussed or discoursed anything. 

Would you give us a little more detail about why you feel this way? 
Would you say what you think of the article? 
And why are you "dripping in sarcasm"?

You may want to read the thread where Bruce mentions guidelines for having a discussion about a topic.  I'm not sure where that is, but Overseer, will you kindly post a link to that here?  You're just so good at that...  Grin
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« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2007, 10:51:31 AM »

Dripping in sarcasm  Cry

My first thought when reading this was that Anxiety may not actually think that Harry Potter is heresy and witchcraft, but that many Christians believe it is, so he/she threw it in there, sarcastically, to see where some of us stand. Given some of the other topics in which Anxiety has been a part of, I wouldn't have thought he/she would feel this way about Harry Potter.

Then, I thought maybe he/she had lots of thoughts in response to some of the other responses and was simply stating a generalization of what he/she was feeling.

Then I thought, I'm probably wrong entirely, since I do not know who Anxiety is, but figured I would take a stab at it anyway.  Grin
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